From 1998 to 2008 these volunteer citizens lobbied the City of Phoenix for a suitable spot to place the submarine’s parts, and in 2008 the City granted a site in Steele Indian School Park for the monument. Over the next ten years, a design was created and approved by the City, the Navy cut the boat up, and 65 tons of parts were trucked from WA to AZ where they sit in temp storage awaiting final placement in the park. In 2019 an official fund-raising effort was commenced for planning, building and operating the monument, a process that is currently ongoing. It is hoped that construction can start no later than 2025.